New Releases by Helen E. Buckley

Everybody is in such a hurry these days--mothers and fathers and sisters and brothers. About the only people who aren''t in a hurry are grandfathers. With them there is always time to stop...and look...just as long as you like. This gentle story about the warm, happy relationship between the oldest and youngest ones in the family was originally published in 1959 with illustrations by Paul Galdone. Now freshly reillustrated by the internationally acclaimed Jan Ormerod, it is sure to find its way into the hearts of a brand-new generation of readers.

A child considers how Grandmother''s lap is just right for those times when lightning is coming in the window or the cat is missing.

The reader looks for Josie, a little girl who is hiding somewhere in her house or yard.

Illustrated in glowing paintings that seem lit by the moon itself, this magical tale of a kite--flown during the day by children, and mysteriously flown again by moonlight--will speak to the spirit of the child in everyone.

Going off to school, Edward tells his brother Tom to take care of things, so Tom takes care of the swings, bikes, toys, cat, and dog by treating them all as his brother would want them treated.

A little girl daydreams about the fun she and her father will have once she is well.

A little boy learns that other people''s birthdays are just as important as his own.

Michael overcomes his fear of the big slide when he helps a girl who is also afraid.

No one except Grandmother seems to understand what it is to be the smallest in the family.

Buttercup is a bouncy, jouncy, pouncy dog whose favorite escapade is chasing butterflies.

A little boy counts and eats a cracker a day to mark off the days until his parents come home - and then he''s decides there''s too many crackers!

A little boy learns the importance of remembering others on their birthdays.

Josie cannot get her cat and dog to go play in the snow with her, but her parents and brother will.

Book in rhyme stresses the importance of sisters, as experienced in early childhood.